Head to head · Career pitching
Cliff Lee vs Jon Lester
In 2014 Jon Lester has been worth 3.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 284 | 452 |
| GS | 280 | 451 |
| IP | 1,915.0 | 2,740.0 |
| W | 126 | 200 |
| L | 79 | 117 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,613 | 2,488 |
| BB | 355 | 892 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.28 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| BB/9 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 41.7 | 45.0 |
2014 season
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 13 | 32 |
| GS | 13 | 32 |
| IP | 81.1 | 219.2 |
| W | 4 | 16 |
| SO | 72 | 220 |
| ERA | 3.65 | 2.46 |
| FIP | 2.96 | 2.80 |
| WHIP | 1.38 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| FIP− | 79 | 75 |
| WAR | 1.7 | 5.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Cliff Lee | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 11 | 26 |
| GS | 11 | 22 |
| IP | 82.0 | 154.0 |
| W | 7 | 9 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 89 | 133 |
| BB | 10 | 40 |
| ERA | 2.52 | 2.51 |
| WHIP | 0.93 | 1.02 |
| K/9 | 9.8 | 7.8 |
| BB/9 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.